Greece 0 Ukraine 0: Athens draw sets up tough return leg in Donetsk

15 November 2009 09:11

Greece, the European champions five years ago, face a tough battle to qualify for the World Cup finals after being held by Ukraine in Athens.

'The players probably had in their mind to keep the Ukrainians from scoring,' said Otto Rehhagel, the 71-year-old German who led the Greeks to their Euro 2004 win and is likely to step down it they don't make it to the World Cup.

Deadlock: Georgios Karagounis (R) brings down former Chelsea flop Andriy Shevchenko with a tough tackle during the Athens draw

Liverpool defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos almost won it for Greece in the dying seconds but headed wide.